Transient Non-Community · PWSID CA3500929

Reiter Berry Water System

Serves 96 peopleGroundwaterOwner: PrivateWatsonville, California
1 open treatment violation.

Open for: Revised Total Coliform Rule. EPA counts treatment-technique violations as health-based: a required protective step was not done. It is not a measurement of contamination.

On record since 2020: 19 violations. 10 over the limit · 1 treatment lapse · 8 missed or late tests. Most recent began 2024-12-05.

For this year's test results, ask the utility for its annual Consumer Confidence Report. Every community system must publish one.

10Over the limit
1Treatment lapse1 open
8Missed or late test1 open
0Notice or report

More violations on record than 93% of active water systems in California. Small systems with no staff chemist often rack up missed-test violations; big utilities rarely do.

The record, year by year

2005201020152020 · Missed or late test: 120202022 · Over the limit: 12023 · Over the limit: 92023 · Over the limit: 92023 · Over the limit: 92023 · Over the limit: 92023 · Over the limit: 92023 · Over the limit: 92023 · Over the limit: 92023 · Over the limit: 92023 · Over the limit: 92024 · Treatment lapse: 12024 · Missed or late test: 72024 · Missed or late test: 72024 · Missed or late test: 72024 · Missed or late test: 72024 · Missed or late test: 72024 · Missed or late test: 72024 · Missed or late test: 72025
One square = one violation, by the year it began. Empty columns are years with nothing on EPA's record.
53% over the limit · 105% treatment lapse · 142% missed or late test · 8

Across California, 52% of violations are missed or late tests and 29% are water over a limit.

How far over the limit

at the limit2×5×10×100×+Nitrate2023-12-01 · Nitrate: measured 22.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.2×)2023-11-01 · Nitrate: measured 21.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.1×)2023-10-01 · Nitrate: measured 21.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.1×)2023-09-01 · Nitrate: measured 23.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.3×)2023-09-01 · Nitrate: measured 15.20 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.5×)2023-08-01 · Nitrate: measured 21.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (2.1×)2023-08-01 · Nitrate: measured 19.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.9×)2023-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 19.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.9×)2023-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 13.00 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.3×)2022-07-01 · Nitrate: measured 11.20 MG/L vs limit 10.00 MG/L (1.1×)
Each dot is one over-the-limit violation: the measured value divided by the limit it broke, on a log scale. Most legal limits for chemicals are running averages set for a lifetime of drinking, so “just over” and “ten times over” are very different news. Hover a dot for the numbers.

What you can do

  • Total Coliform Bacteria: If your water system has coliform violations, consider boiling water or using bottled water until the system confirms the issue is resolved. Contact your water provider for their latest test results and any boil-water advisories.

Open now (2)

  1. 2024-12-05Revised Total Coliform RuleTTOpen
  2. 2024-12-04E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Open

Every violation on record

  1. 2024-12-05Revised Total Coliform RuleTTOpen
  2. 2024-12-04E. ColiMonitoring, Source Water (GWR)Open
  3. 2024-05-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  4. 2024-04-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  5. 2024-03-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  6. 2024-02-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  7. 2024-01-01NitrateMonitoring, RegularPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  8. 2024-01-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  9. 2023-12-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 22.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  10. 2023-11-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 21.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  11. 2023-10-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 21.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  12. 2023-09-01Nitrate ×2MCL, Single Samplemeasured 23.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  13. 2023-08-01Nitrate ×2MCL, Single Samplemeasured 21.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  14. 2023-07-01Nitrate ×2MCL, Single Samplemeasured 19.00 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LPeriod ended · no return to compliance on file
  15. 2022-07-01NitrateMCL, Single Samplemeasured 11.20 MG/L · limit 10.00 MG/LBack in compliance
  16. 2020-11-01Revised Total Coliform RuleMONBack in compliance

System details

Population served96
Service connections13
Water sourceGroundwater
System typeTransient Non-Community
OwnerPrivate
StatusActive
CityWatsonville
EPA ZIP on file95076

Areas served

  • San Benito County

Reading this record

Reiter Berry Water System is a transient non-community that draws from groundwater and serves about 96 people in Watsonville, California. Everything above comes from the EPA's Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), where states report every violation by every public water system.

Four kinds of violation. Only one is a measurement of the water: over the limit means a test came back above a legal maximum (an MCL). A treatment lapse means a required protective step was not done, such as disinfection, filtration, fixing a defect an inspector found, or filing a lead-pipe inventory. A missed or late test means a required test was skipped or never reported. That is the most common kind, and the most misread: it does not mean the water was bad, and it does not mean the water was fine. Notices and reports covers public notices and the annual Consumer Confidence Report.

Status. “Back in compliance” means the state recorded a return to compliance. “Period ended” means the violation's compliance period is over but no return to compliance was ever filed, which is common in older records. EPA's federal copy lags state records by months, so call the utility for anything current.